general punctuation question
When life gives you lemons you say, "blah blah."
That is how i wrote the sentence. However, I am not sure about the period before the quotation mark.
the other question I have is that I am also not sure if I need to put something between the word 'lemons' and 'you'
I am probably overthinking this, but I want to write this in a nice card to someone, so I want to make sure it's written properly.
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When life gives you lemons you say, "blah blah."
That is how i wrote the sentence. However, I am not sure about the period before the quotation mark.
the other question I have is that I am also not sure if I need to put something between the word 'lemons' and 'you'
I am probably overthinking this, but I want to write this in a nice card to someone, so I want to make sure it's written properly.
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When life gives you lemons you say, "blah blah."
That is how i wrote the sentence. However, I am not sure about the period before the quotation mark.
the other question I have is that I am also not sure if I need to put something between the word 'lemons' and 'you'
I am probably overthinking this, but I want to write this in a nice card to someone, so I want to make sure it's written properly.
punctuation quotation-marks
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When life gives you lemons you say, "blah blah."
That is how i wrote the sentence. However, I am not sure about the period before the quotation mark.
the other question I have is that I am also not sure if I need to put something between the word 'lemons' and 'you'
I am probably overthinking this, but I want to write this in a nice card to someone, so I want to make sure it's written properly.
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Possible duplicate of When should end punctuation go inside quotes?
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How one puts punctuation around quotes is a stylistic choice. As explained by Grammar Girl, two general rules will get you by most of the time:
In styles derived from British English, put the end comma or period outside of the quotation mark. (The duck said, 'Blah blah'.)
In styles derived from American English, put the end comma or period within the quotation mark. (The duck said, "Blah blah.")
The Purdue OWL has some more information on the American context.
Now, to your second question on putting something between "When life gives you lemons" and "you say," most people won't mind either usage. If you want to win extra points though, "When life gives you lemons" is a subordinate clause formed by using when as a conjunction. Subordinate clauses that precede the main clause are usually set off with commas.
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Punctuation goes inside of quotations.
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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How one puts punctuation around quotes is a stylistic choice. As explained by Grammar Girl, two general rules will get you by most of the time:
In styles derived from British English, put the end comma or period outside of the quotation mark. (The duck said, 'Blah blah'.)
In styles derived from American English, put the end comma or period within the quotation mark. (The duck said, "Blah blah.")
The Purdue OWL has some more information on the American context.
Now, to your second question on putting something between "When life gives you lemons" and "you say," most people won't mind either usage. If you want to win extra points though, "When life gives you lemons" is a subordinate clause formed by using when as a conjunction. Subordinate clauses that precede the main clause are usually set off with commas.
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Thanks! This is exactly what I needed to know
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How one puts punctuation around quotes is a stylistic choice. As explained by Grammar Girl, two general rules will get you by most of the time:
In styles derived from British English, put the end comma or period outside of the quotation mark. (The duck said, 'Blah blah'.)
In styles derived from American English, put the end comma or period within the quotation mark. (The duck said, "Blah blah.")
The Purdue OWL has some more information on the American context.
Now, to your second question on putting something between "When life gives you lemons" and "you say," most people won't mind either usage. If you want to win extra points though, "When life gives you lemons" is a subordinate clause formed by using when as a conjunction. Subordinate clauses that precede the main clause are usually set off with commas.
answered yesterday
TaliesinMerlin
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Thanks! This is exactly what I needed to know
– sourlemonaid
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How one puts punctuation around quotes is a stylistic choice. As explained by Grammar Girl, two general rules will get you by most of the time:
In styles derived from British English, put the end comma or period outside of the quotation mark. (The duck said, 'Blah blah'.)
In styles derived from American English, put the end comma or period within the quotation mark. (The duck said, "Blah blah.")
The Purdue OWL has some more information on the American context.
Now, to your second question on putting something between "When life gives you lemons" and "you say," most people won't mind either usage. If you want to win extra points though, "When life gives you lemons" is a subordinate clause formed by using when as a conjunction. Subordinate clauses that precede the main clause are usually set off with commas.
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TaliesinMerlin
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How one puts punctuation around quotes is a stylistic choice. As explained by Grammar Girl, two general rules will get you by most of the time:
In styles derived from British English, put the end comma or period outside of the quotation mark. (The duck said, 'Blah blah'.)
In styles derived from American English, put the end comma or period within the quotation mark. (The duck said, "Blah blah.")
The Purdue OWL has some more information on the American context.
Now, to your second question on putting something between "When life gives you lemons" and "you say," most people won't mind either usage. If you want to win extra points though, "When life gives you lemons" is a subordinate clause formed by using when as a conjunction. Subordinate clauses that precede the main clause are usually set off with commas.
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Punctuation goes inside of quotations.
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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Punctuation goes inside of quotations.
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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Punctuation goes inside of quotations.
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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Hi Owlchemist, welcome to EL&U. Your answer is a bit too short, which explains why the system has flagged it as "low-quality". On this site we expect an answer to be authoritative, detailed, and explain why it is correct. Regarding what you've proposed, that's purely an American convention, so it's not true as a general statement - see the older (linked) question for more detail. PS: For further guidance, see How to Answer and take the EL&U Tour :-)
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